Need for Speed: Underground

Need for Speed: Underground
Developer(s)	EA Black Box
Publisher(s)	Electronic Arts
Series	Need for Speed
Platform(s)	GameCube
Release date(s)	NA November 17, 2003 EU November 21, 2003 JP December 25, 2003
Genre(s)	Racing
Mode(s)	Single-player, Multiplayer (2)
Input methods	GameCube Controller
Compatibility	4 Playable
GameIDs	GNDD69, GNDJ13, GNDE69, GNDP69, GNDF69
See also...	Dolphin Forum thread Open Issues Search Google Search Wikipedia Debug Symbol Files

Need for Speed: Underground (NFSU) is the seventh racing game in the Need for Speed video game series developed by EA Black Box and published by Electronic Arts in 2003. Underground revises the series' formula completely with a heavy emphasis on tuner culture and a storyline-driven career mode. All races take place in a generic city at night. Rather than exotic cars, Underground featured vehicles associated with the import scene. Underground was commercially successful, and inspired a sequel.

Problems

Cutscenes

Pre-rendered cutscenes can stutter or fail to render, such as the THX logo in the intro showing a black screen. This is fixed by setting Texture Cache Accuracy to Safe (Position 1).

Enhancements

16:9 Widescreen Gecko Code

NA

$16:9 Widescreen
04005860 C1ADC870
043C4F30 3FE38E39

EU

$16:9 Widescreen
04005860 C1ADC870
043C4EB0 3FE38E39

60Hz PAL

In the PAL-Version the 60Hz mode cannot be activated at startup. Use this Gecko code to force the 60Hz mode.

$60Hz
041E2B28 38600005

Configuration

Only configuration options for the best compatibility where they deviate from defaults are listed.

Graphics

Config	Setting	Notes
Texture Cache Accuracy	Position 1 (Safe)	Fixes cutscene stutters

Version Compatibility

The graph below charts the compatibility with Need for Speed: Underground since Dolphin's 2.0 release, listing revisions only where a compatibility change occurred.

r6252

4.0-5225

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5.0-19501 (current)

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2.0 (r5384)

Compatibility can be assumed to align with the indicated revisions. However, compatibility may extend to prior revisions or compatibility gaps may exist within ranges indicated as compatible due to limited testing. Please update as appropriate.

Testing

This title has been tested on the environments listed below:

Test Entries
Revision	OS	CPU	GPU	Result	Tester
r6252	Windows 7	Intel Core i7-930 @ 3.53 GHz	ATI Radeon HD 5770	Playable: BGM music broken/Minor lighting issues
3.0-243	Windows 7	Intel Core i5-2500K @ 4.5 GHz	AMD Radeon HD 6850	Perfect: FPS sometimes drops below 30 when there are a lot of vehicles on screen. Resolution:1680x1050, Aspect Ratio:Stretch, Internal Res: Auto, AF:16x, Widescreen Hack	Zheka
3.0-499	Windows 7	Intel Core i5-2500K @ 4.4 GHz	AMD Radeon HD 6850	Playable: BGM music broken
4.0.2	Windows 7	AMD FX-8120 @ 3.1 GHz	AMD Radeon HD 7970	Audio Broken
4.0-4478	Ubuntu 14.04	Intel Core i3-3220 @ 3.3 GHz	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650	Not really playable. Jumps sporadically between 80% and 100% speed. It'd be okay if it wasn't so inconsistent. I tried a bunch of different combinations of graphics hacks to make it run 100% and I ended up just making it slower. The emulation though is perfect as far as I can see with default settings, audio works great in HLE, though some cutscenes can fail to update/stutter a bit (fixed by using safe texture cache) it doesn't make the game less enjoyable and everything seems fine in-game.	Xerxes
4.0-6502	Slackware 14.1	AMD Athlon II 255 X2 @ 3.1 GHz	NVIDIA GeForce GT 430	Game plays but frame rates drop from 18-51FPS. Average FPS was around 32. I believe this games FPS should be 60FPS. Sound is still broken in this version.	Linux User
Ishiiruka 890	Windows 10	Intel Xeon E5640 @ 4.2 GHz	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670	Perfect emulation using Direct3D 12, 4xMSAA 4x internal resolution, 16xAF, Per Pixel Lighting	HeX4
5.0-6414	Windows 10	Intel Core I7 7700K	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti	Perfect	IceStrike256

Gameplay Videos

Need for Speed Underground on Dolphin 5.0-6414

Dolphin Emulator 4.0-3469 - Need for Speed: Underground (1080p HD) - Nintendo GameCube

Dolphin 5.0 Wii Emulator - Need for Speed: Underground (2003). Gameplay. Test #1